Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Jun 17, 2015, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS44 KBRO 171726
CFWBRO

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1226 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM
THE EAST AS THE DIMINISHING EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL
PUSH ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST.

TXZ251-256-257-180000-
/O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150617T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.RP.S.0006.150617T1726Z-150618T0000Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
1226 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...A HIGH RISKS OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP 
  AT AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JETTIES. TIDAL RUN UP 
  WILL REACH THE DUNE LINE...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND 
  DANGEROUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICIN ITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS
GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE
BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT.
..BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM
DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME
EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&

$$

573 
WHUS44 KBRO 180015
CFWBRO

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
715 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...NEAR SHORE WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT...

.SWELL HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS GULF COAST. THOUGH
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
REMAIN HIGH TONIGHT.

TXZ251-256-257-180115-
/O.EXP.KBRO.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150618T0000Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
715 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THOUGH THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL NO LONGER BE HIGHLIGHTED IN A
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...THE RISK REMAINS HIGH...AND LIFE
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT SURF ZONE CONDITIONS ARE
DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS.

$$

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Rip Current Statements in Texas, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.